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Mar 24, 2013 Sports
Team Coco’s (Guyana) cyclist Raynauth Jeffrey narrowly missed the record time for the 35-lap School Boys and Invitational race yesterday, comfortably winning the feature race of the 8th annual Diamond Mineral Water (DMW) 11-Race Meet sponsored by Demerara Distillers Limited.
Competing at Guyana’s premier cycling venue, the inner circuit of the National Park, the teenager led a solo effort from lap 15, maintaining a sizeable lead from a pack of riders for the remaining 20 laps.
When the East Coast Demerara based cyclist crossed the finish line way ahead of his challengers, Chief race official Joseph Britton stopped the clock at One Hour 15 Minutes 01 Second; 55 seconds over the record time, which is held by Alonzo Greaves (01h 14m 06s).
Such was Jeffrey’s dominance that he carted off five of the available eight prime prizes, with third place finisher Wazim Gafoor collecting the remaining three. Gafoor and Paul Choo-Wee-Nam were involved in an exciting sprint to the finish line but it was Choo-Wee-Nam who pulled away from his opponent in the end.
Mario King finished fourth, while Team Coco’s (Guyana) pair Paul DeNobrega and Raul Leal ended in fifth and sixth positions respectively.
In the other races, Jeremiah Harrison won the BMX 6-9 ahead of brothers Ethan Conway in second and Kaden Conway in third, while Jamal John defeated Adrian Sharma in a two-man showdown in the BMX event.
Shamar Grannum, Ronaldo D’Andrade and Thuran Garbarran finished 1-2-3 in the BMX Boys 9-12; Jhonnick La Rose got the better of Bryton John and Rawle Small in the BMX Boys 9-12, while Alfie Soonaram, Romelo Crawford and Andrew Hicks were the top three finishers in that order in the Boys and Girls 12-14 clash.
Junior Niles was the top Veterans Under-50 rider, ahead of Wazim Gafoor and Kennard Lovell in that order, while Kenneth Merje obliterated the field in the Veterans Over-50. Krishendat Singh prevailed over Maurice Fagundes in the Veterans Over-60 category; with Ozia Mcaully outperforming Julio Melville and Keon Thomas in the Mountain Bike race.
Raul Leal topped the Juveniles event, Mario King settled for second and Hamza Eastman third.
Speaking at the post-race presentation, National Coach and organiser of the activity, Hassan Mohamed, thanked DDL and Diamond Mineral Water for their support for yet another year.
Representing the company were Marketing Assistants Larry Wills and Trishwantie Doodnauth.
Meanwhile, the riders will journey to Essequibo today to compete in the sixth annual Cheddi Jagan memorial 50-mile road race, set to pedal off at 09:00 hours.
The event, which is the third and final race for the month in memory of the late President of Guyana, will start at Supernaam, proceed to Charity and return to Anna Regina for the finish.
The female, veteran and mountain bike riders will start at Anna Regina, proceed to Charity and return to the point of origin for the finish, covering a distance of 30 miles.
Robin Persaud is the defending champion of the Open category, having won the 2012 edition in a time of two hours, nine minutes, 32 seconds (02h: 09m: 32s). The first six finishers in the Open division, the first three in the junior, veteran and mountain bike and the top Over-60 rider will be rewarded.
Eight prime prizes will be up for grabs. Transportation for cyclists and officials to Parika will depart the Ministry of Sport building of 91 Middle Street at 05:00 hours.
The race is being sponsored by El Dorado Trading and S. Jagmohan Hardware Supply and Construction Services for the sixth year in succession.
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